Locality: Belshazzer Mine, Boise County, Idaho. Size Class: Cabinet. Collection: Jack and Judy Farnham Collection. This important gold specimen is from a small, unexpected 2008 summer find by a geologist with a metal detector working the old dumps here. Only a half dozen specimens were found of any size, and this was reportedly one of the largest and most aesthetic of those pieces. It has been long kept in the private collection of the broker who sold all the specimens found. Unlike some others, this specimen has no repairs or restoration and is 100% natural, crystallized gold. Crystallized gold from this locality was barely known, until this find, which catapulted the locality to one of the top USA locales for gold in crystal form (crystals being much rarer in nature in general by a factor of 1000, and thus priced accordingly compared to rather more common nugget gold). The crystals here are elongated wires, twisted and grown one upon another to form a huge weighty mass. The gold is anchored into a small amount of host rock (matrix), as well - nice for display and stability purposes. This is a significant specimen worthy of any institutional collection or top private collection. It was assayed by specific gravity at 19.35 ounces of pure gold content, out of 24.56 ounces total weight including the matrix rock. Together with the beauty, the size and location make this an important, investment-grade specimen. No further golds have been found at this location since 2008, despite obvious searching. The specimen comes on a custom display base of lucite. (Full dealer provenance details will be given in full upon sale). Consigned from a private collection in Louisiana: The Farnhams were noted for their large collection consisting entirely of classic USA localities in large sizes. Size 10.8 x 7.7 x 6.7 cm.